Steve was a cub scout den leader in 1989 for one year. My assistant was Leslie. I decided to take the 7 scouts including son Eric hiking at Big Bone Lick state park. Leslie said, “You should get consent forms signed by the parents.” I thought that was overkill.
We were hiking along and one of the boys said, “Where’s Neelam?” I thought, “Oh no! We lost him.” Of course, I couldn’t let the scouts know. I slowed down the hiking pace and we backtracked. About 15 or 20 long minutes passed, and I was really worried. We finally ran into Neelam on a trail. He was oblivious that anything was amiss. We kept going without further incident.